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November on HBO Max sees the premiere of one of the streaming service’s most highly anticipated new shows in the comedy “I Love LA,” along with the latest take on the classic novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” in the French period drama series “The Seduction.” On the documentary front, HBO’s long history as a destination for high-quality sports documentaries continues with the docuseries “Alex vs ARod,” looking at the life and career of Alex Rodriguez. November is also a big month for recent theatrical releases heading to HBO Max, including two movies starring Pedro Pascal: Celine Song’s romantic dramedy “Materialists” and Ari Aster’s COVID-era political nightmare “Eddington.” Here’s a look at November’s highlights on HBO Max, plus a full list of all the month’s premieres. If nothing here catches your eye, check out our guides to the best movies on HBO Max and the best HBO Max shows for even more streaming recommendations. New on HBO Max in November 2025: Top picks ‘I Love LA’ Just as “Girls” was often branded the successor to “Sex and the City,” this new comedy series about young women living messy lives in the big city seems positioned to be the next “Girls.” Unlike its two direct predecessors, though, “I Love LA” is clearly not set in New York City, and its showbiz connections bring to mind other popular HBO series like “Entourage.” Creator and star Rachel Sennott is known for her work on acclaimed indie films like “Bottoms” and “Shiva Baby,” and she seems to bring a similar sensibility to “I Love LA,” which follows a group of friends in Los Angeles navigating professional ambitions and personal entanglements while looking stylish. Josh Hutcherson and Odessa A’zion co-star in the show that could make Sennott the next Lena Dunham. Stream on HBO Max from November 2 ‘Alex vs ARod’ The latest from production company Religion of Sports — which has produced documentaries on superstar athletes including Aaron Rodgers, Serena Williams and Tom Brady — this three-episode series looks at the controversial career of baseball legend Alex Rodriguez. The title refers to the clash between Rodriguez’s private and public personas, with his “ARod” nickname representing his confrontational presence on the field. The series features extensive new interviews with Rodriguez himself, and that type of access means that it will probably take a more sympathetic tone toward his suspensions from baseball and admissions of using performance-enhancing drugs. Still, those scandals are central to the series, and both fans and detractors of the New York Yankees icon should find some satisfaction in this portrayal. Stream on HBO Max from November 6 ‘Materialists’ Writer-director Celine Song’s lively, witty romantic dramedy comes to HBO Max on the heels of its successful theatrical release over the summer. Song’s follow-up to her Oscar-nominated debut “Past Lives” (also streaming this month on HBO Max) offers a more humorous and glamorous take on romance, while displaying the same insight and sensitivity. Dakota Johnson stars as a New York City matchmaker who’s torn between two suitors, representing two different visions of her future life. Chris Evans plays her struggling-actor ex-boyfriend, with Pedro Pascal as the wealthy older Wall Street titan who’s currently wooing her. Song makes the central conflict believable and endearing, while also taking on serious issues about power imbalances in modern relationships. Johnson, Evans and Pascal all give movie-star level performances that remain grounded in heartfelt emotion. Stream on HBO Max from November 7 Everything new on HBO Max in November 2025 NOVEMBER 1 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter A Christmas Carol (1938) A Christmas Story A United Kingdom A Woman's Face Alex Cross (2012) Backfire Beasts of the Southern Wild Betrayed (1954) Brick Mansions Crime Wave Dangerous Liaisons Deception (1946) Desperate Destination Tokyo Dillinger Each Dawn I Die Elf Four Christmases Happy Feet Hellboy (2004) House of 1000 Corpses I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. Ice Age: Continental Drift Invisible Stripes Johnny Angel Kingsman: The Golden Circle Marine Raiders Marked Woman Monster-In-Law Murder, My Sweet National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Nocturne Norm of the North Objective, Burma! Out of the Fog Out of the Past Puss In Boots Red Light Red Riding Hood Roadblock Screaming Eagles Sucker Punch The Bride of Frankenstein The Devil's Rejects The Devil's Rejects: Director's Cut The Kitchen, Season 39 (Food Network) The Locket The Man I Love The Mask of Dimitrios The Polar Express The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) The Public Enemy The Roaring Twenties The Set-Up The Town The Unsuspected The Wolfman The Women (1939) They Live by Night They Were Expendable Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo This Woman Is Dangerous Where Danger Lives NOVEMBER 2 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes I Love LA, Season 1 (HBO Original) Paranormal Caught on Camera, Season 9 (Travel) Past Lives (A24) Unlocked: Family Secrets, Season 1 (OWN) NOVEMBER 3 Barney's World, Season 1E (Cartoon Network) Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, Season 2 (Food Network) I Am Curious Johnny In the Eye of the Storm, Season 3 (Discovery) Wardens of the North, Season 5 (Animal Planet) NOVEMBER 4 Holiday Baking Championship, Season 12 (Food Network) Supermarket Stakeout, Season 7 (Food Network) Tom and Jerry Gokko Shorts, Season 1A NOVEMBER 5 The LEGO Ninjago Movie The Plot Thickens, Season 6 (TCM) Who Hired the Hitman?, Season 1 (ID) NOVEMBER 6 A Man Called Otto Alex vs ARod (HBO Original) Beat Bobby Flay, Season 39 (Food Network) Expedition Files, Season 3 (Discovery) Expedition Unknown, Season 16 (Discovery) Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas, Season 1 (Food Network) NOVEMBER 7 Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 52 (Food Network) Let’s Go Bananas, Season 1B (Cartoon Network) Maine Cabin Masters, Season 11 (Magnolia Network) Materialists (A24) The Vallecas Files (HBO Original) NOVEMBER 8 Gold Rush, Season 16 (Discovery) NOVEMBER 9 Build for Off-Road, Season 2 (Motortrend) NOVEMBER 10 Bad Sports: When Fans Turn Violent for The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original) Sweet Empire: Winter Wars, Season 1 (Food Network) NOVEMBER 12 Beat Bobby Flay, Season 41 (Food Network) Hoarding for the Holidays, Season 1 (HGTV) Homestead Rescue, Season 13 (Discovery) NOVEMBER 13 Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted, Season 1 (HBO Original) Body Cam, Season 10 (ID) Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios) NOVEMBER 14 Eddington (A24) One to One: John & Yoko (HBO Original) Silly Sundays, Season 1D (Cartoon Network) The Seduction (HBO Original) NOVEMBER 15 The Last Woodsmen, Season 2 (Discovery) NOVEMBER 18 Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition, Season 1 (Magnolia Network) Thoughts & Prayers (HBO Original) NOVEMBER 20 Missing (2023) Work on the Wild Side, Season 1 (Animal Planet) NOVEMBER 21 Teen Titans Go!, Season 9E (Cartoon Network) NOVEMBER 22 Belle Collective, Season 6 (OWN) Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2H (Cartoon Network) NOVEMBER 26 Flight Risk (Lionsgate) NOVEMBER 28 Krypto Saves the Day: Package Pandemonium (DCU) Obsession: The Murder of a Beauty Queen (HBO Original) NOVEMBER 30 OWN for the Holidays Movie: Fake Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (OWN) Sports schedule NASCAR – DriverCam November 2 NASCAR Cup Series Championship, 3 p.m. College Football – Big 12 November 1 Big 12 Football, TBD November 8 Big 12 Football, TBD November 15 Big 12 Football, TBD November 22 Big 12 Football, TBD November 29 Big 12 Football, TBD U.S. Soccer November 15 USMNT vs Paraguay, 5 p.m. November 18 USMNT vs Uruguay, 7 p.m. November 28 USWNT vs Italy, 7 p.m. NHL on TNT November 4 Carolina Hurricanes vs NY Rangers, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay Lightning vs Colorado Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. November 5 St. Louis Blues vs Washington Capitals, 7:30 p.m. November 11 Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins, 7 p.m. Anaheim Ducks vs Colorado Avalanche, 9:30 p.m. November 12 NY Rangers vs Tampa Bay Lightning, 7 p.m. New Jersey Devils vs Chicago Blackhawks, 9:30 p.m. November 19 Edmonton Oilers vs Washington Capitals, 7 p.m. Carolina Hurricanes vs Minnesota Wild. 9:30 p.m. November 28 NY Rangers vs Boston Bruins, 1 p.m. College Basketball November 3 Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas Florida vs Arizona, 7 pm BYU vs. Villanova, 9:30 pm November 28 Select matchups from the Acrisure Series; games to be announced Big East Men’s November 14 Northwestern vs DePaul, 8:30 p.m. November 15 William & Mary vs St. John’s, 6 p.m. Duquesne vs Villanova, 8 p.m. November 19 Dayton vs Marquette, 7:30 p.m. November 20 Bucknell vs St. John’s, 7 p.m. November 22 Central Michigan vs Marquette, 2 p.m. Penn State vs Providence, 4 p.m. November 23 Bryant vs Connecticut, 6 p.m. Big East Women’s November 12 Loyola Chicago vs Connecticut, 7 p.m. Players Era—Men's November 24 Rutgers vs Tennessee, 1 p.m. Creighton vs Baylor, 2 p.m. Kansas vs Notre Dame, 3:30 p.m. St. John’s vs Iowa State, 4:30 p.m. Houston vs Syracuse, 6 p.m. Auburn vs Oregon, 8 p.m. Gonzaga vs Alabama, 9:30 p.m. Michigan vs SDSU, 10:30 p.m. UNLV vs Maryland, 12 a.m. November 25 Rutgers vs Notre Dame, 1 p.m. Iowa State vs Creighton, 2 p.m. Kansas vs Syracuse, 3:30 p.m. St. John’s vs Baylor, 4:30 p.m. Houston vs Tennessee, 6 p.m. Michigan vs Auburn, 8:30 p.m. Gonzaga vs Maryland, 9:30 p.m. Oregon vs SDSU, 11 p.m. UNLV vs Alabama, 12 a.m. November 26 Championship Game, 9:30 p.m. 3rd Place, 7 p.m. Additional men’s college basketball games to be announced for 11/26 and 11/27 Players Era—Women's November 26 Texas vs. UCLA, 2 p.m. Duke vs. South Carolina, 4:30 p.m. November 27 Championship Game, 8 p.m. Third-Place Game, 10:30 p.m. ALL ELITE WRESTLING (AEW) IN NOVEMBER November 1 AEW Collision, 8 p.m. November 5 AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m. November 8 AEW Collision, 8 p.m. November 12 AEW Blood and Guts, 8 p.m. November 15 AEW Collision, 8 p.m. November 19 AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m. AEW Collision, 10 p.m. AEW Countdown to Full Gear 2025, 11 p.m. November 21 The Battle of the Belts joins the AEW programming roster alongside Dynamite and Rampage. November 22 AEW Saturday Tailgate Brawl: Full Gear, 7 p.m. AEW Full Gear, 8 p.m. (HBO Max PPV) November 26 AEW Dynamite, 8 p.m. November 27 AEW Collision, 8 p.m. November 28 AEW Double or Nothing (5/25): Anarchy in the Arena takes place at Double or Nothing. Hurt Syndicate defend their tag titles against Sons Of Texas. The Owen Hart Cup finals conclude with Will Ospreay vs. "Hangman" Page and Mercedes Mone vs. Jamie Hayter. AEW Women's Champion Toni Storm against Mina Shirakawa. **Live Sports available only on select plans. Plan availability varies by subscription provider. Check with your subscription provider for details. Select games available and blackouts may apply. Please note this list may not be comprehensive and is subject to change. All times are in ET. Pre- and post-event programming will also be available to stream live, along with condensed replay highlights available after each event. 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